About the Journal

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Aims and Scope 
Aim: To provide a forum for current issues across all aspects of international trade, including legal, economic, management, financial reporting, and policy. 

The objectives of AJTP are to become the primary source of analyses and perspectives on economic and trade issues and to serve as an effective channel of communication among policy-makers, government agencies, and academic and research institutions. It emphasizes problems of international significance and offers important lessons for policymakers and the broad audience that participates in the policy debate, thereby promoting and coordinating developments in international trade and economic expansion. The journal will highlight national, regional, international, and universal realities.  

Scope: The fields covered by AJTP include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Accounting harmonization
  • Business ethics
  • Case studies, lessons learned 
  • Competition law
  • Corporate entrepreneurship
  • Cross-cultural management
  • Economic growth 
  • Energy law and policy
  • Entrepreneurship among minority groups
  • Entrepreneurship and ethics
  • Entrepreneurship in developing countries
  • Entrepreneurship in ethnic enclaves 
  • FDI and international economics
  • Financing trade deficits
  • Foreign investment
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Global economy and trade policy
  • Governance and regulation
  • Government policy on entrepreneurship
  • Indigenous entrepreneurs
  • Intellectual property
  • Interaction between global markets and trade 
  • The interface between trade and policy
  • International economic issues 
  • International Financial Reporting
  • International trade and international business
  • Internet law
  • Innovation, technopreneurship, licensing/franchising
  • Labor law
  • Law and enterprise
  • Marketing of innovations/by entrepreneurs
  • Review of books and articles on trade and policy
  • Self-employment among immigrants
  • Social Business
  • Strategic cooperation among SMEs
  • Technological/organizational innovation
  • The impact of government debts on international trade 
  • The impact of government debts on management issues 
  • The importance of growing wealth disparity in trade  
  • The role of international economic organizations 
  • The role of IT in the process of globalization 
  • The role of oil and gas: industry intentions 
  • The role of oil and gas: pricing strategies, etc. 
  • Theoretical and empirical issues in international economics 
  • Trade and policy issues of developing countries 
  • Trade and policy modeling
  • Trade as determined by currency instability 
  • Venture capital, government funds/grants
  • Women entrepreneurs
  • WTO and its policies

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Licensing Policy

Access and licensing conditions may vary depending on the publication model selected for an article.

  • Subscription / Paid Access Articles: Copyright for non-open-access articles is held by the publisher. All rights reserved. Reproduction, redistribution, or commercial use requires prior written permission from the publisher.
  • Open Access Articles: Open-access articles are generally distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), unless otherwise stated.

 

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Self-Archiving & Indexing Policy

The journal supports responsible self-archiving practices and metadata dissemination through recognized scholarly indexing and archiving systems to enhance research visibility and accessibility.

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Metadata & Indexing Support

The journal supports OAI-PMH metadata harvesting standards to facilitate interoperability with scholarly indexing, library, and discovery systems.  

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Anti-plagiarism Checking

All submissions undergo editorial screening, plagiarism assessment, and peer review before acceptance.

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Publication Ethics

The journal is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, editorial integrity, and responsible scholarly publishing practices in accordance with recognized international guidelines. 

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Disclaimer 
The publisher and editors make every reasonable effort to ensure the quality and integrity of the materials published in this journal. However, the views, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in published articles are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, editors, or editorial board. The publisher assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of the published content.  

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Errors, Corrections, and Retractions

If an error is identified after publication, authors should notify the editorial office as soon as possible. Minor errors may be addressed through a correction or addendum notice. In cases involving significant errors affecting the validity or integrity of the work, the journal may issue a retraction in accordance with editorial and publishing ethics policies.

Articles that have been assigned a DOI and formally published are generally not replaced or substantially altered, except where required for scholarly record integrity.

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Complaints Policy

The journal is committed to handling complaints and ethical concerns fairly, professionally, and in a timely manner. Complaints related to editorial processes, publication ethics, authorship, peer review, or publication decisions will be reviewed by the editorial office and, where appropriate, investigated in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies and publishing ethics standards.

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